Wall-hanger for radiators



T. MULLEN AND J. W .Mo0RE.

WALL HANGER FOR RADIATORS. APPLICATION msn 1ML-1o, |919.

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ROBERT T. MULLEN AND JOHN W. MOORE, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WALL-HANGER FOR RADIATORS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 10, 1919.

Application led January 10, 1919. Serial No. 270,480.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, ROBERT T. MULLEN and JOI-1N W.' MOORE, citizens ofthe United States of America, residinglat Detroit, in the county ofWayne and State of Michigan, have invented'certain new and usefulImprovements in Wall-Hangers for Radiators, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to wall hangers for radiators and other heavystructures, and the primary object of our invention is to provide a wallstructure with adjustable supports and brackets by which a radiator of adesired size may be safely and conveniently supported in parallelismwith a wall. For a smallradiator a single hanger may be employed, but inactual practice two or more hangers are used for supporting a radiatorin a horizontal position in parallelism with a wall or similar support.

A further object of our invention is to provide a simple, durable andinexpensive hanger'that may be easily and quickly attached to a support,and adjusted so as to positively grip and safely hold a radiator orother structure relative to a suitable support.

The above and other objects are attained by a mechanical constructionwhich will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, andreference Vwill now be hadto the drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the wall han er;

Flg. 2 is a vertical sectional View of the same as attached to a walland as supporting a conventional form of singlecolumn radiator, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken on the line III-III ofFig. 2.

The wall hanger, as now constructed, comprises a channel member 1 havingend walls 2 and 3 with the front wall 4 of said member provided with anopening 5 to receive a screw bolt 6 or other fastening means whichpermits of the member 1 being clamped and held against a wall 7 or othersu port.

he lower end of the wall 4 has a longitudinal slot 8 and extendingtherein is the shank or reduced end 9 of a support 10, said supportbeing shaped to conform to the bottom 11 of a wall radiator 12. Thesupport 10 bears against the wall 4 of the member 1 and is normallymaintained at right angles thereto, but may be raised and lowered withinthe limits of the slot 8. The shank 9 of the support is attached to thelower end of a flat bar 13 disposed longitudinally within the member 1,said bar having the upper end thereof terminating in a bolt 14 whichextends through the top wall 2 of the member 1, and is provided withshiftable nuts 15 and 16, the latter supporting the bolt 14 relative tothe top wall 2 of the member 1.

Adjacent the upper end of the member 1 is a channel guide 17 which ispreferably pressed out from the wall 4 of said member, and slidable inthe guide 17 is a bracket 18 adapted to overhang and engage the top ofthe radiator 12, so as to coperate with the support 10. in firmlymaintaining the radiator in an upri ht position in parallelism with thewall The bracket 18 has a rearwardly protruding extension 19 throughwhich the bolt 14 extends and the nut 15 is adjusted to engage the upperface of the extension 19 and hold the bracket 18 clamped on the top ofthe radiator 12.

The flat bar 13 within the member 1 has a longitudinal slot 20 providingclearance for the screw bolt 6, as best shown in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the hanger as an entiretymay be secured in a desired position on the wall 7 and with the support10 properly adjusted for a radiator of known size, the radiator can beplaced on the support 10 and then the bracket 18 adjusted to grip thetop of the radiator and hold it in a vertical position. With the bracket18 adjustable independently of the support 10, it is possible to firmlyhold various kinds of structures relative to the wall and we attachconsiderable importance to the` radiator being suspended from a singlepoint, as it may swing or shift due to expansion and contraction,without any danger of the radiator becoming displaced.

It is also possible to make the support 10 and the bracket 18 on a smallscale so that pictures may be safely supported relative to a wall, andwhile in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of ourinvention, it is to be understood that the variations and modieations esfall within' structural elements are susceptible to suoli the appendedclaim.

What we claim is A device of the type described comprising a channelwall member, a support. adjustf able at the lower end of Said memberand` ber,y a bracket sldable in said guide, a rearward extensioncerriedby saidbraeket and through whiohsaid boltYA extends, ;nndnuts V15Y l' on. said bolt engaging said extension amd'r the top of seid membersoies to permit of seid support and said bracket being adjustedindependentof each other.

In testimony whereof we aflx our signa- 2o tures in presence of twowitnesses.- Y

ROBERT T. MULLEN. v JOHN W. MOORE. v itnesses: Y

KARL H. BUTLER, IANNA M; DORR.

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